The Life Of Captain James Cook: The Circumnavigator

By Arthur Kitson — Signed & Inscribed by the Author

John Murray, London 1911. 334pp, lg 8vo, Appendix, Index, Publisher’s Ads at back; b/w photographic illustrations + fold-out colour map. Signed and inscribed by Arthur Kitson on the half title page. Also with Kitson’s inscribed business card mounted on the ffe. A Good+ copy. Front exterior hinge separating, wear to board tips, small chipping at spine tips, bright gilt cover decoration, bright gilt lettering and ruling on spine; internally in Very Good condition with only beginning intermittent foxing. A Good+ copy of a Scarce publication.

Kitson offers a chronology of Cook’s career on the Eagle, Pembroke, Northumberland, Endeavour and 2nd and 3rd Pacific voyages. A very well done book and most difficult to find in the 1st UK Edition.